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SUBJ/2011 USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN 25) AWARD FOR OVERALL EXCELLENCE WINNER IN
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REF/A/DOC/BUPERSINST 1650.12E/13MAR2008//
AMPN/REF A IS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR NAVY COMMUNITY SERVICE OF THE YEAR
AWARD SUBMISSION.// POC/HILLEY, MONIQUE/MC1/CNIC/TEL: 202-433-4019/EMAIL:
MONIQUE.HILLEY(AT)NAVY.MIL//
RMKS/1. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE SELECTION OF USS GEORGE
WASHINGTON (CVN 73) AS THE WINNER OF THE USS BAINBRIDGE AWARD FOR OVERALL
EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF A, THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES A NAVY COMMAND THAT PROVIDED
OUTSTANDING EFFORT WORKING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
BY VOLUNTEERING OVER 8,000 HOURS OF THEIR TIME AND TALENTS IN SOUTH KOREA,
PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, AND JAPAN, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON SAILORS GREATLY
IMPACTED THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE FIFTY COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS WITH
WHICH THEY MAINTAIN PARTNERSHIPS.
2. THE SELECTION WAS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WITH THE WINNER CHOSEN FROM A FIELD OF
14 OUTSTANDING NOMINEES. EACH NOMINEE IS A WINNER WITHIN ITS OWN REGION. THE
TOP THREE NOMINEES WERE EXTREMELY CLOSE, AND I EXTEND A SPECIAL "WELL DONE" TO
NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND SUGAR GROVE AND NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT
RIVER FOR RECEIVING HONORABLE MENTION.
3. THE FOLLOWING INSTALLATIONS WERE NOMINATED BY THEIR REGION COMMANDERS FOR
THIS YEAR'S CONSIDERATION:
AFLOAT TRAINING GROUP MIDDLE PACIFIC CENTER FOR NAVAL AVIATION TECHNICAL
TRAINING UNIT, WHIDBEY ISLAND MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY SECURITY SQUADRON SEVEN
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS STATION
SAN DIEGO NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY WASHINGTON NAVAL
SUPPLY FLEET LOGISTICS CENTER PEARL HARBOR NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND
MARYLAND NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND SUGAR GROVE NAVY MUNITIONS
COMMAND, EAST ASIA DIVISION, UNIT GUAM TRAINING SUPPORT CENTER GREAT LAKES
U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL GUAM USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)
4. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AND TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT BENEFITED FROM OUR
DEDICATED AND CARING SAILORS AND CIVILIAN EFFORTS. YOUR PARTICIPATION AND
CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR NAVY'S COMMUNITIES ARE SINCERELY APPRECIATED AND MAKE
A DIFFERENCE. BRAVO ZULU TO USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) FOR THEIR
SUPERLATIVE PERFORMANCE!
5. RELEASED BY VICE ADMIRAL J. M. BIRD, DIRECTOR, NAVY STAFF.//
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